White-faced Whistling-duck

について

ホワイトフェースウィスリングダックはアフリカとアメリカ熱帯地域に広く分布するツリーダックです。白い顔と栗色の胸が特徴的です。湿地、稲田、草原の池に生息し、水草の種子、無脊椎動物、藻類を採食します。

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
翼開長	42.9 cm	16.9 in
体重	689.5 g	24.32 oz

識別

羽毛

Distinctive white face and throat contrasting with black hindneck. Breast chestnut; sides and flanks barred black and white. Back brown. Long gray legs. Sexes identical; upright whistling-duck posture.

Habitat & Range

Freshwater lakes, marshes, rice paddies, flooded fields, and slow-moving rivers in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America. Tolerates a wide range of modified wetlands. Nomadic, following water availability.

🌿 Wetland

分布域

Found in floodplains and wetlands of the Llanos in Venezuela and eastern Colombia. Sedentary and locally nomadic in wet savannas.

Diet & Feeding

Grazes subarctic tundra grasses and sedges; winters on coastal salt marshes eating saltmarsh grasses and eelgrass.

保全状況

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

行動と繁殖

営巣

Incubation: 26-30 days. Fledging: 60-83 days.

一腹卵数

4-16

鳴き声

さえずり

A clear, 3-syllable whistle 'wee-wee-WEE' — the origin of 'whistling-duck'. Given in noisy flocks during flight. Also gives a softer 'de-de-de' contact call on water.

分類学

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
目	Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
科	Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans)
Genus	Dendrocygna
種	Dendrocygna viduata

Distribution

White-faced Whistling-duck has been recorded in 9 countries.

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生息あり Not recorded

countries highlighted

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela

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よくある質問

What does the White-faced Whistling-duck eat?

Grazes subarctic tundra grasses and sedges; winters on coastal salt marshes eating saltmarsh grasses and eelgrass.

Where does the White-faced Whistling-duck live?

Freshwater lakes, marshes, rice paddies, flooded fields, and slow-moving rivers in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America. Tolerates a wide range of modified wetlands. Nomadic, following water availability.

Is the White-faced Whistling-duck endangered?

The White-faced Whistling-duck has a conservation status of Least Concern.

How does the White-faced Whistling-duck nest?

Incubation: 26-30 days. Fledging: 60-83 days.

What does the White-faced Whistling-duck sound like?

A clear, 3-syllable whistle 'wee-wee-WEE' — the origin of 'whistling-duck'. Given in noisy flocks during flight. Also gives a softer 'de-de-de' contact call on water.

How big is the White-faced Whistling-duck?

The White-faced Whistling-duck has a wingspan of 42.9 cm, weight of 689.5 g.

What order and family does the White-faced Whistling-duck belong to?

The White-faced Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata) belongs to the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae.